As the Beast from the East continues to batter London, Southeastern has offered advice to passengers for the next 24 hours.

The train service is currently disrupted because of the weather, and passengers are being advised not to travel if they can avoid it.

A Southeastern spokesman said: "We're advising passengers to make a plan for leaving work earlier than normal. Wherever possible, please try to avoid the peak hours.

"We’ve been working hard to run as many trains as possible today, and the weather conditions have been extremely challenging. This has resulted in cancellations and delays and we apologise to passengers who've had trouble getting to where they want to go.

"Our staff are doing all they can to keep people moving and have been out since the early hours shovelling snow from platforms and walkways. We’re continuing to focus on getting as much information as we can out to passengers.

"We strongly advise passengers to allow extra time for their journeys, and to check before they travel using the Southeastern website, National Rail Enquiries, the free ‘On Track’ app or follow @Se_Railway for live Twitter updates

“We’ll be doubling the delay repay compensation for customers who’ve been caught up in travel disruption today. More details are available on our website.”

Forecasters are predicting that the worst is yet to come with this chilly weather - with snow expected to be heavier tomorrow.

Again, Southeastern are advising people not to bother travelling.

The spokesman said: "The weather forecast is for continuing snowfall and icy conditions across the south east overnight and into Thursday.

“We’ll be running a modified timetable tomorrow (Thursday 1 March) to provide a more reliable service for our passengers. This will mean reduced services on some lines, the closure of some stations and changes to the times of those trains that are running.

“We’re advising passengers not to travel wherever possible, and strongly advise passengers to allow extra time for their journeys, and to check before they travel using the Southeastern website, National Rail Enquiries, the free ‘On Track’ app or follow @Se_Railway for live Twitter updates”

Throughout tonight, rail staff will be deploying de-icer units and ploughs to try and make the tracks safe.

Delay repay will be doubled on Thursday, as well as Wednesday.